DESSERT SEED CO. EL CENTRO, CALIF. 

EGG PLANT 
Days to 
(Solanum melongena) (Annual) plate 
Black Beauty: Plant 24 to 30 inches tall, may yield four to six large 
fruits. Fruits are broad egg shape, very rich dark purple. 80 
Florida High Bush: Plant 36 to 40 inches tall, upstanding holds fruit 
off the ground. Fruits are long oval tapering towards the stem, 
dark purple. 85 
Fort Myers Market: Plant 30 to 36 inches tall, fruit held well off the 
ground. Fruits are long oval with no neck at stem end, 9 to 10 
inches long, 51% to 6% inches in diameter, blackish purple. Used 
in the South, valuable for drought and disease resistance. 85 
Long Purple Early: Plant 22 to 26 inches tall, erect and branched. 
Fruit long and slender, 8 to 10 inches long, 214 to 3 inches thick, 
dark purple. 78 
New Hampshire Hybrid: Plant about 18 inches tall. Bred for use in 
short season areas, very productive. Fruits medium size, round to 
olive shape, dark purple color. 70 
New York Improved or Large Purple: Plant about 30 to 36 inches 
tall, spreading habit, carries four to six fruits rather near the 
ground. Fruit broad egg-shape, rather longer than Black Beauty, 
a rich glossy purple, large and uniform. 83 
ENDIVE 
Days to 
(Cichorium endivia) (Annual) Maturity, 
Broad-leaved Batavian or Escarolle: Leaves large and broad; well 
rounded compact heads. Plant reaches a diameter of 12 inches. 90 
Batavian Full Heart (Escarolle): Improved Broad-leaved Batavian; 
leaves are broad, heart is full, plant is compact with well-blanched 
heart of infolded leaves, of thick, bulky texture. 88 
Deep Heart Fringed: A remarkable Endive, somewhat between Ba- 
tavian and Green Curled. Upright in habit, leaves are broader 
than Green Curled but nicely fringed. Outer leaves turn upright. 
Extra deep hearts, well filled, blanch a clear creamy yellow. 90 
Batavian Cos Type: Young plants resemble Full Heart, but leaves are 
broader and rounder; they develop into an erect and Cos like plant 
with hearts that blanch to a clear yellow. 100 
Large Green Curled: Leaves are deeply cut, medium large, midribs 
are green, will blanch nicely when tied up. 95 
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